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THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE Entered as second-class matter at Falls City. Nebraska, post office, Janu ary 12. l'*t>4, under the Act ■ t t ongress on March 3,1879. Published every Friday at Falls City, Nebraska, by The Tribune Publishing Company E F SHARTS Manager One year . .. f 1.30 Six months . ,7.> Three mouths .40 TELEPHONE 226. SENATOR BURKETT Shull Senator Burkett be returned to his seat in the upper brunch of congress? Next year the voters of Nebraska j will answer this question and for the first time they, and not the legis lature will say whom the senator shal be, for the Oregon plan of making popular choice will then he invoked, under the new law. Mr. Burkett will at that time have finished a service of twelve years in Washington, six years in the lower house and six years in the senate. During this time the people; of this state have had opportunity to take his measure, it is not forgotten that in 1904*5, when a senator was to he chosen the republicans of Nebraska turned with practical unanimity to Mr Burkett. He was then completing his third term in the House. In that body he had gained a lyisilion of prominence and power, lie had ad vanced to membership to tip Com mittee on Appropriations. He had demonstrated a genius for hard and systematic work, lie was a digger and delvcr and this propensity count ed greatly In his favor as a really useful member. The people of this state snw Ibis. i ney saw m mm me cicmcnis uirv thought would be even more useful ill tile upper house. To make sure of his selection they inaugurated a new method of selecting the nominee jtor senator. They declared in favor of a convention nomination, so that the choice might be brought as near ly as possible to the people. At the caucuses and in county conventions the issue was made, with the resuli that Mr. Market) was nominated in the stale convention on the first bal lot. by a four-fifths majority. In litis and in the convention of the following year when political passes were de clared against for tile first time in a republican platform and when rail road domination was ended by the defeat of their preferred candidates for judge of the supreme court, Mr Hurkctt played a strong and conspic uous part, lie was one of the first “progressives” in Nebraska and lias been identified with tin- movement since it began. While he hasn’t al ways pleased all who call themselves “progressive,” lie lias won the ap proval of tin leader of the move ment, Senator LaKolleitc, of Wis consin, who says he is "a progress ive progressing.” In tin' Senate Mr. Hurkctt lias as faithfully and Intelligently represent ed his constituency its he did in the House. lie lias been responsive to the needs and wishes of the people, though taking no narrow or restrict ed view of national interests. No constituents have appealed to him in vain, lie lias been active in promot ing better postal facilities, lie lias never overlooked the claims or the deserts of the old soldier, and no senator lias been more effiioent or prompt than ho in serving liis constit uents in pension matters. On public ; lands and irrigation, in revision of the tariff as well as all other inter ests peculiar to the welfare of a west-1 ern state, tie lias taken practical ! ground. His work in the extra session of j ['engross to compel the redemption of platform pledges was arduous and I effective, lie was one of the force of Insurgents In the senat- who suc ceeded in bringing that body to a "t,.if r coiaplatiei* with party ahiiga thins. lie stood for tariff revision downward, and what In' and his asso ciates failed in get incorporated into law was in part obtained by the pres ident in confidence on the bill, after which Senator Ilurkett voted for its passage. U«> stands shoulder to shoulder with the president in favor of the demands of the west and of llie mass* with r* spvrt to tariff leg islation. During his ten years in Washing ton there has been no breath of sus picion concerning a single act of Mr. Ilurkett, and where never will be. lif ts absolutely clean In his public and private life, lie Is morally what the most exacting could wish him to be lle measuri s up in his standard of manhood to what it 11 enlightened.God fearing citizenship of a great state may expect of its representatives in high places. Notwithstanding his long service he is still young, ener getic and airfdtlous. He is growing every day and is more capable of rendering better service in the future than he luis given in the past,. Influence comes with knowledge and experience. This is especially true in the United States senate, where seniority gives prestige. There are many good reasons why Mr. Mur kott should lie retained iti ids present position, and the indications are that a majority of the people of Nebraska arc so minded.—Blair Pilot. Big Charity Entertainment. Oil December 25t li, (Christ mas night) Herbert Kerr will put on at the tJehilng Opera house his latest play with a cast of local celebrities, for (lie benefit of charity. The lead ing ladles role will tie in tile hands of Mrs. John ('.rook, and is that of a female philanthropist. The leading comedy role (that of a German Ha ron) will lie played by Peter Kaiser. There will he two professional theat rical persons in the cast. Phoebe Car downle-Kerr and Frank Watters. The balance of the big east will Im made up of Falls City’s very best talent. The complete east announced later. Mr. Kerr has Just completed this play and has not yet secured a suit aide title for same, so as an induce ment to secure a title lie will offer a prize of $d.") to anyone in the audi cnco suggesting the title Which lie accepts. All persons in the audience will be furnished with paper slips on which they may write a title and their name and address. A box will be placed In the lobby to receive these ns tile audience leaves the thea tre and whoever suggests tile title which is accepted will receive the prize. This entertainment is for a worthy cause,for there are many families In Falls City who are in almost desti nin' circumstances. This cold weath er a few tons of coal, wood, provis ions, etc, distributed in tills manner will bring Christmas cheer to inanj hearts, l'here will be two prices for tickets. $1.00 for those on the lower floor and b0 cents for all those in the balcony. Notice. As I have bought out .Miss I Ire beck’s winter liats, 1 will have a thirty days sale, beginning December Sth, on all my winter lulls to clean up the stock and make room for new spring goods, i have the finest and largest line of trimmed liats in the city and they all go at a great sacrifice. 1 also have a nice as sortment of Holiday goods, which will go at a very low price. Come early and avoid the rush at the Bon Ton. or the Brebeck building. MISS H. C. ANDERSON, Proprietress. ONE OF THE “TRIUMVIRATE" PASSES AWAY Biographical Sketch of “ Honest i Ben" Miles Pioneer. Friend and Wise Counselor. r — To The Tribune—Inasmuch as The Tribune went to press too early last we* k to admit of any notice of the death of Ben. F, Miles, and aware of youi desire to do Justice to the mem ory of a faithful friend,and one who ga\‘ the best of iiis manhood's years to the ^Welfare of country and fellow tnan, I herewith forward for publica tion this week a brief sketch of Mr. Miles' history, prepared under con ditions that makes it both ntithetie and Interesting at this time. Tile long and intimate friendship between II. S. Belden, Ben F. Miles and tlic writer, begot the jocular ap pchition of “The Grant Precinct Tri umvirate." During the campaign of 1806, the junior member decided to kick over the “gold bug" traces and help Rryan with his "crown of thorns.” Ren felt so disconsolate at the disruption of the “Triumvirate” that the writer agreed to write ids biography as evidence that friends may differ in their political views without severing the tics of friend ship. The copy was so cherished by lion that it was filed away among Ids important papers, and was handed th writer the other day by one of the sous. With best wishes for a Merry Christmas. A FRIEND. Biographical Sketch of Honorable Ben. F. Miles. Hon. I!. K. Miles was born in Ad ams County, Illinois, in IS4I. When he was but three year old his father died, and soon afterwards, with his mo1 tier's people the Summers—he moved to Wisconsin, where he re mained until attaining to manhood. At the age of twenty-one, August 18th, 181)2, he enlisted in Co. C. ;’,:td Wisconsin infantry, and served Ids country faithfully until his regi ment was mustered out at St. Louis in 1865. He is one of the few old soldiers who returned home without having conferred upon him the title of < nptaln, major, colonel or general, lm( Ills old comrades and friends are none the less proud of the euphonious title of plain. "Honest lien." AI the (lose of the war he return ed to Wisconsin and engaged in farming, hut after planting his first crop in 1 SOU, ho sold out his inter est in it and set out for Nebraska, lie crossed the Missouri at Browu \ ilie, in November of the same year, with a cash capital of $20, a team, wagon and harness He immediately homesteaded the quarter section on which he lias since resided, which look $14 of the $2o to pay for the on y fee, leaving him $6 to subsist on until lit* opened up a farm and raised a crop a sum barely suffi cient at the present time to take a modern dude through an Old Settlers picnic. With his team he trucked, hauled, swapped work and shifted in every manner common to pioneers, until he managed to break out land and raise the first crop. Cnder the requirements of the homestead law it was necessary to build a house and live in It at least six months. It is easy to imagine what a costly mansion Uen first built for his six dollars; but as he is noted for be ing a law abiding citizen, he com plied with spirit and letter of the law, and built a castle in proportion to his means. Plain and unassuming as the structure was, it was a home, and had all the elmrins l'or lnm of a marble palace, but returning one ev ening with his team, after a long siege of lumber hauling from a saw mill, he was dumb-founded with • LOOK THEM OVER r“3EK-JSnA.Wb* Pick Outlthe t j Watch suited to your individual self. Get the si/e and style that you want—and our SPECIAL this-week price will make von a cus tomer. 1 )on t judge until you see our styles .and know our prices. We are safe in saving that you will l»e pleasantly surprised, whether you pay $5.00 or $^o.oo or more. I his is a Real Bargain Sale on Watches And it will pay you to visit us this week R. B. SIMPSON North Window Kerr’s Pharmacy Falls City, Nebraska amazement at finding that some heartless wretch had as maliciously land surreptitiously purloined ills house, as did the gold bugs the act through congress, demonetizing the silver dollar. it was lifted bodily on to a truck and carted away by some enterprising settler, who if not hanged by this time, litis doubt less been elected a bank president or member of congress. The inci dent was not without a good result however, which more then compen sated for the loss of the house; Ben conceived the idea that it was not i goon for it man, or a house, to lie alone, and following this course of reasoning to its logical conclusion, he wisely decided to abandon the life of ,i desolate bachelor, for that of a MAN. October 18th, 1868, he was married to Mary, daughter of Thom as Graham, living near Salem, who lot I weujy-fotir years proved a wor thy and devoted helpmate in as sisting to build up a model home;but she was not permitted to enjoy in her autumn of life the competence amassed through years of diligent in dustry and frugality. After long and patient suffering site passed away in 181*2, leaving two daughters and three sons, all of whom are now living with i the father, and following the indus trious pursuits of their honored par i cuts. ,\o man ever enjoyed a larger ue gree of the confidence and esteem of ids neighbors than Mr. Miles, and none could be more retiring and un assuming in his ways and manners, in 1SN4 lie was elected a member of tne state legislature, but after the close of tiie campaign lie was taken ill with typhoid fever and was unable to take his seat in the session that followed, and our county was depriv ed of its most faithful and intelligent I representative. For a number of years lie represented Grant pre cinct as a member of tiie county board, and was noted for strict dili gence lo duty,obliging disposition to waids every individual and section, and unbending honesty. Not a year passes but that he is not importuned by friends to allow them to honor bin wnil some nomination, which in his cas1 would la> equivalent to an elec tion- but lie invariably stands back to make room for aspiiants more uotid for gall than gallantry. Two years ago while assisting at j a well, the handle of a windlass slip ped out of his hands, and with the rapidity of a lightning bolt struck him above tiie forehead, fracturing tin skull. It looked for a time as if his days were numbered, but un , del the skill of that eminent sur | goon, Dr. Andrews of Stella, he re covered, and while he can never be us robust as formerly, there is a long and Imppy future in store for hlm;and ibis wise counsel will prove valuable ! aid to his children in id ■ farm oper • at'i a wi la t , ' t to pilot the j pa 11. v.hich lie is an ardent tu- ini:,o,a tin | itf,dls and snares : of irrespom u iy sir a. • Notice. On account of the advanced price ■ of labor and the high price- of feed we, tiie undersigned, shall have to | charge, after January 1st. 1010, the following prices to deliver coal and wood to tie- different parts of the city : One (1) ton of coal or over. “•“> cents each. One-half ('") ton or less. 50 cts. One(l) riek of wood or over, 50 cents n rick. One-half (!2) rick or less, 115 cts. j If the same must be carried in that much more will be charged than it costs to deliver the article to any part of town. (Signed). C. A. HANNAH. C. A. HECK. / I*. S. HEACOCK & SON. JENKINS BROS. MAUST BROS. JOHN ROSS. JAMES MOORE. JAMES GILROY. FRANK HISTMICK. DENNIS MCCARTHY. 50-4t —Free government homesteads in Montana. Fertile soil, mild climate and good markets. Lands produce 40 bushels winter wheat and all kinds of small grains and grasses in abundance. Also deeded land from $5 up. on easy terms. Addess In gram Cain, Choteau, Mont. 43-2fc Notice to Redeem From Tax Sale. Notice is hereby given, that .1.11. Shafer purchased of the county treas urer of Richardson county, Nebraska, at private tax sale, on the loth day of April. 1 lifts. the west half of the east half of the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter, of section sixicen, township three, range seven teen.' situated and lying in Richard son county, Nebraska, and contain ing ten acres of land more or less, for the taxes of the year 1887, and assessed in the name of Adam Mich el. That on the 1 Oth day of Decem ber. 1908, the said purchaser, .1. 11. Shafer, duly assigned the said lax certificate of purchase to the under signed; that the time of redemption w*U expire on the 16th day of April 1910; that unless said premises are redeemed on or before the last nam ed date, he will apply to the county treasurer of said county for a tax deed for the same. Dated December 22d, 1909. First publication Dee. 24, 3 weeks. WALTER ORR, Assignee. *Ch ristmas Editions. The Fairbury News' .faunal Christ mas edition was a hummer. They mailed December i i. presumably for he same reason that The Tribune mailed on that date—to give the ad vertisements just the right amount of time for circulation before Christmas day. Fairbury merchants are alive to i,be fact that a newspaper ad gets 'he "biz," as is evidenced by the generous patronage tendered the Nows in its thirty-two pages. The Clay County Patriot came to »ur exchange table, dated Dec. 17, in t beautiful, colored cover. Clay Cen ter is a small town, but you wouldn’t think it by looking at the Christmas issue that Editor Jessup got out—the paper would do credit to a much larger town. It was a clean, well printed paper, chock full of well-set advertisements. ' Burehard, Neb., has hut one news I paper—The Times—and if its pub lisher, Walter C. Ray, formerly of Falls City, keeps on getting out as good a paper as he has been for the past months, there will not be any cause to want another. The Times came to our exchange table tliis week in a colored cover, inside of which was the Christmas edition of that publication. The pa per was not large, but made up for size in quality, as it was a neat,well ed! I'T. and perfectly printed paper. 1 lit Blaine County Booster, a paper published nt Dunning, Neb., issued a special “booster” edition in the form of a Christmas edition last week. It's a new paper. having only issued its fourth week, and is just what its name imparts—a “booster.” Here is its motto: “The world is what we make it; so of the day—boost!” This special Christmas —-Booster edition is certainly a cred it to any county, and in looking it over one is impressed that the mer chants know "how” to advertise and, too, that the printer in charge knows “how" to put their ads in type. A unique cover came to us this week with the Gallatin, Mo., North Democrat's holiday paper. About four score of Daviess county’s hand some young ladies Were grouped to gether in one large half-tone picture and decorated the front page. The paper was printed in five sections of eight pages each and was running vvor with advertisements that would do credit to any metropolitan print ing office from point of printer’s art. Giiikiiin is the home of Mr. McDowell, who worl-ed at the .Journal office some weeks ago and this publication is published by his father. The Nebraska City Daily Press celebrated the Holidays with a big edition, encased in a nice colon d cover, Saturday. It was a greatly enlarged paper and was filled with seasonable reading. The Press rare ly ever lets an issue of its paper reach its readers without a good word or suggestion for the better ment of its town and Ibis edition was no exception. Business. '1 he streets are now thronged with bini> buyers and the merchants arc rai-mg their heads in ocstaey. The activity of the thoroughfare beams with metropolitan life. What is the use of harping about hard times? Our town has stood well the test of mon etary stringency, our people are living well, our city is progressing, we have all the advantages and resources that could be reasonably wished for;then, whj should our people continue to complain of hard times? The least s,T t of misfortune or bad limes and bud conditions the better it will be in the end. Let us lift our voices and with one accord exult over good luck, during the few months. Let us speak the truth of our resources, our .business and our general stability. On,is a good, solid, progressive,con servative city with brilliant prospects of being some day a metropolis and we can do much for it by speaking of '.is continual, steady advancement. Lef us do it. Covers All Alike. The newspapers which issued Hol iday and Christmas editions in this section of the country evdiontly pur chased them from the same place. The following all used the same cov ers: Falls City News. Blaine County Booster. Nebraska City Press. Clay County Patriot. Burchard Times. Notice. We are instructed to collect box rents at this postoffice at the rates stated below from January T, 1909. Call boxes, small—35c. Lock boxes, small—00c. Lock Boxes, medium—7oe. Lock boxes, large—$1.00. G. .1. CROOK, P. M. —Watertown Wisconsin Rye flour flour of C. A. Heck. JAQUET’S XMAS POINTERS FOR SHOPPERS Kvery year styles seen to im prove and every time the Christmas season rolls around we can say with all honesty that our stock is more attrac tive than the year before. The following are a few point ers that will help decide the puzzling question of YVIlA'l TO G1VK. Watches The gift of gift/S, that will delight any member of the family. ( hir extensive knowl edge of watches makes us leaders, not only in repairing but also in selling watches. A full line of lOlgin. Wal tham, Hamilton and Howard Watches, with only the best gold-filled and solid goiid 1 cases always on hand. Fobs For those who have a w'atcn a Fob is a very acceptable gift. We have them in a great variety. Rings Nothing adds more beauty to a man’s or woman's hand than a beautiful signet or set ring Jaquet’s rings are all solid gold, 10k, 14k and IKk | Jewelry One of the most staple arti cles of jewelry appropriate for a Christmas gift, is i brooch, either gold filled or solid gold. Scarf Pins Are always admired and ate much worn by men. We have them with large ami small stones and without sets in gold filled or sold gold. Hat Pins That will hold any ha: on a woman’s head—every one a beauty and a credit * ' the giver. Neck Chains and Lockets. The desire fu Neck Ornaments is increas ing- To supply this demand we have chains for all, from the baby to the middle-aged lady, with lockets to suit the most exacting taste. Cuff Links For men and womed, in the newest designs, best quality and lowest prices) to suit ev ery individual taste and pocketbook. Back Combs Will be worn very extensivel the coming season Would be an acceptable gift for an>' woman. Purses Mesh Bags, large and small, and other purses in ou stoJc make ideal gifts. Toilet Articles A combination of utility and beauty can be found in Ja quet’s Toilet Sets, and other articles necessary in the daily toilet Cut Glass Rich American Cut Glass unsurpassed as a gift for the home. It would pay you to see our line of cut glass be fore buying. A. E. JAQUET The Old Reliable ” Opposite Postoffice